[PD-dev] tracker spam

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Aug 5, 2011, at 11:35 AM, IOhannes zmölnig wrote:

> On 08/05/2011 05:08 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> How about turning off anonymous posting on the bug/patch/feature
>> trackers?  The spam rate is increasing, and the anonymous bug reports
>> are either people who forgot to login, or otherwise quite low  
>> quality.
>>
>
> i don't see a point in doing so.
> the spam rate is really low.
> there are 8 spam issues in all 3 trackers, 4 of which have been posted
> in 2011, and 4 have been posted in 2010.
> i wouldn't call that excessive.
>
> you have deleted for of them, i deleted the rest, so the main work was
> on my side :-)
>
> so please leave the bug tracker open.


If the spam was the only issue, then I would be fine with leaving it  
anonymous.  The other issues are perhaps more important, and the spam  
just serves as a reminder.

.hc

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